Walking-stool for children



(No Model.)

G. PETERSON.

WALKING STOOLFOR CHILDREN.

Patented Oct. 3, 1882 INVBNTOB:

BY Mum ATTORNEYS.

NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV PETERSON, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,432, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed'l'lune 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV PETERSON, of Galveston, Galveston county,Texas, have invente d a new and Improved Walking-Stool for Children, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvements relate to stools for the use of children when learningto walk, which as heretofore constructed have consisted of a ring shapedtop supported upon legs, and which have been used by placing the childsfeet forcmost through the top of the stool.

The object of my improvement is to facilitate placing the child, and toavoid any risk of injury, and, further, to make the stool easy for thebody and arms of the child.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart ofthis specificatiomin which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figuralisaperspective view of myimproved walking-stool, and Fig. 2 is adetail view.

A is the ring-shaped top of the stool, supported upon legs I) b, whichare preferably four in number. The ringA is formed with a hingedsection, a, between two of the legs I), which section is attached to themain portion of the ring by a hinge, 0, so that the section may be swungoutward. The section rests at the ends upon two legs, I), and isprovided at its under side with a sliding bolt, (1, fitted forengagement holstered or padded upon its upper side and with stems orshanks entering holes in the bot-' toms of the legs, so that the ballscan be readily removed. The object of these is to allow variation iutheheight of the stool to suit the child, as in some cases children grewvery rapidly before learning to walk.

It will be seen that the child can be readily placed within the ring byswinging out the removable section, and when the child is in place thesection is to be closed and fastened in place. This avoids the necessityof placing the child in the ring feet foremost, and avoids the risk ofinjuring or breaking its limbs. At the same time a ring of smaller size,that will hold the I child more sun gl y, can be used, and the paddedtop and sides of the ring render the stool easy to the childs body andarms. This partial support of the weight by the ring is a greatadvantage when the child is first learning to walk.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to use a stand with a ring-shapedtop or made hollow, or made with an opening section, by which the childmay be placed within the steel or withdrawn from it, but

What I do claim as new is A childs walking-stool having the hingedsection a arranged in its ring-shaped top between two of the legs, andresting at each end upon one of said legs, as shown and described.

' GUSTAV PETERSON.

Witnesses:

N. B. BENDY,

HUGO BROZIG.

